Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari | |
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| محمد کرم شاہ الأزھری | |
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| Born | Muhammad Karam Shah (1918-07-01)1 July 1918 |
| Died | 7 April 1998(1998-04-07) (aged 79) Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Alma mater | Al-Azhar University |
| Children | Shaykh Muhammad Amin al-Hasanat Shah, Hafeez Ul Barkat Shah, Major Ibrahim Shah, Mohsin Shah, Dr. Abulhassan Shah Al-Azhari, Farooq Bahawal Haq Shah |
Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari (1 July 1918 – 7 April 1998) was anIslamic scholar of Hanafi jurisprudence, Sufi, and Muslim leader. He is known for his workTafsir Zia ul Quran fi Tafsir ul Quran, (Transl. The light of the Quran in the Exegesis of the Quran) commonly referred to asZia ul Quran.[1] He also wroteZia un Nabi, a biography ofMuhammad in seven volumes.[2]
He was a spiritual guide of theChishtiyya Sufi order.[3][4]
Muhammad Karam Shah was born on 1 July 1918 atBhera, Sargodha District, British India.[3] He finished his basic education in his hometown Bhera in 1936. Then he learnedPersian andArabic languages. Then on the advice ofKhwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi (1906 – 1981), he went toMuradabad, in 1942 for the study ofhadith. He graduated from theUniversity of the Punjab in 1945 and then went on toEgypt for higher religious education atAl-Azhar University. He received hismaster's degree inIslamic Law.[3]
He wrote "Zia un Nabi", a 1995Urdu biography ofMuhammad.[3][5] in seven volumes. It was translated into English by Muhammad Qayyum Awan.[6] He wroteTafsir Zia ul Quran, an Urdu interpretation of theQuran in 5 volumes.[7][8][9]
He reorganised the Islamic institution Dar al-Uloom Muhammadiyyah Ghausiyyah established by his grandfather in Bhera (Sargodha), and brought major changes in the syllabus of religious education. He was of the view that modern education should be learned alongside religious education.[3]
Shah al-Azhari was an active participant in thePakistan movement and vigorously campaigned in theIndian provincial elections, 1946 forAll India Muslim League.[3]
He also served as a justice on theSupreme Court of Pakistan until his death in 1998 and had served on its Shariat Bench.[3] He became a justice of theFederal Shariat Court when it was first established in 1981.[3][10]
Shah al-Azhari died on 7 April 1998 after being ill for nearly a year.[3]
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